Together, let’s build a fairer,
poverty-free world
P.S.: The Oxfam-Québec team is there to support
you!
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Car wash. Spring is around the
corner and many people want to
get their car washed. With
friends, ask a gas station or
restaurant if you can organize a
car wash during the weekend.
Explain that the money raised
will go to Oxfam-Québec. If
needed, I can provide you with
an attestation letter for your
project.
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Organize your activity and use
YouTube and Facebook to
broadcast the information. The
better you explain your project;
the more people will support you.
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Nail polish. Organize a nail
polish day displaying the colours
of the country you are
supporting. Set up a table in the
cafeteria and offer to do your
friends’ nails for $2.
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Organize “a cell-free day”
challenge. You attend a school
where a lot of students are
addicted to their iPhone?
Organize a phone-free day for
which participants receive
pledges for their challenge. No
text messages, no calls, no
selfies… A real phone-free
day! 
Thrift shop / used bookstore.
Organize a used item (clothing or
books) drive at school. Ask for a
room to set up your thrift shop
and open your own store. The
profits collected will help support
one of Oxfam-Québec’s projects.
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Organize an UNO contest at
school during lunch time
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For those who like sports
organize an arm wrestling
contest at school
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Ask the principal to organize a
no-uniform theme day.
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Organize a bazaar, garage sale:
if each student brings one object
that can still be used, it will be a
nice collection. Bonus, you will
be giving these objects a second
life!
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Rent a cotton candy machine
and sell some at school,
making for a very special day.
This is a wonderful idea. Unit
cost for production is
approximately 25¢ and you can
easily sell each portion $2 or $3.
You can even serve blue cotton
candy to raise awareness on the
water issue. ;-)
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Bake cookies, muffins or little
cakes and ask if you can sell
them at lunch time. Or sell your
baked goods at parties and
events, shows, parent-teacher
nights, during sport meets, etc.
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Offer to help people you know
with something in exchange for
a donation (for example: offer to
babysit for a neighbour in
exchange for a donation, to
clean up a neighbour’s yard in
race. (Note: It can be any race –
office chair race in the gym, race
with feet tied, etc.)
exchange for a donation, etc.).
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Organize a sports tournament or
an agility contest, for example:
basketball, soccer, hockey, etc. It
can also be a talent show (break
dance, music, etc.).
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Organize a movie afternoon or
night. You can even sell
homemade popcorn!
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Organize a draw. For example:
fill up a large jar with marbles or
candy and offer a prize to the
person who best answers: “How
many ____ are there in the jar?”
Each person must give 25¢ or
50¢ to participate in the draw!
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The $1 or $2 snake. In the
cafeteria at lunch time, put down
a length of coloured masking
tape on the floor (1m, 3m, etc.).
Put a few $1 or $2 coins on the
tape to show students passing
by how it works. Then,
encourage them to give $1 or $2
to make it to the end of the tape
and reach your objective. As you
get closer to finishing, people will
want to help you make it there.
You make bracelets? Sell them
and make a difference by
collecting funds for one of
Oxfam-Québec’s projects. You
can use recycled material to
make them (e.g. can flip tops).
Teacher-student competition.
Who will go the fastest riding a
longboard on the sidewalk? The
Ethics teacher or the English
teacher? Ask students to give
you 25¢ or 50¢ to attend the
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iPod competition. Find 2 friends
who have DJ skills. Set up in
the cafeteria where each friend
must play a song, taking turns.
Participants must get the crowd
moving and shouting with their
costumes, choreographies and
mostly the music playing on their
iPod. Alternately, teams will play
30 to 60 seconds music
excerpts. Let the crowd vote for
the best selection of songs!
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Hold a karaoke session during
lunch time. Don’t forget to ask
teachers to participate! Who
sings best? The Math teacher or
the Social Studies teacher?
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Bingo, bingo, everybody likes
BINGO! The success will
surprise you. All you have to do
is charge a certain amount for
each bingo card (e.g. $1 or $2).
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Plan a wrapping day in a
grocery store. Ask the store
manager for permission to wrap
people’s purchases during the
day. The money collected in tips
will go to your project.
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Organize a fashion show at
school.
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Organize a benefit-show with
the students’ talents / concerts /
theatre pieces / shows.
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Challenge the school to a “$1 per
student Contest”: which class
will win?
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Seasonal sales: hot dogs in the
summer, spring flowers in April
($1 per jonquil!), Christmas tree
decorations during the
Holidays…
You have an idea? Contact me and I will help you through the steps!
JEAN-OLIVIER PAQUIN
Oxfam-Québec | 1 877 937-1614, ext. 289
[email protected]
Investing time and collecting funds,
it’s rewarding, fun and it changes lives!